Heavy Heart

I don't really know how to start this post or even what I am trying to say so bare with with me as I try to express my feelings.

Yesterday morning a girl I've known since 6th grade was found dead in her apartment and later the person who admitted to killing her turned out to be another guy I knew in middle school and her foster brother.  This has me just at a loss for words.  Although Rachel and I haven't talked much since high school I can't explain how hurt I am by this.  I sat at work all day and tried not to cry but my heart is heavy.  This was a girl who had a beautiful daughter in 2008 and turned her life around and seemed to be doing so well.  Now there will be a little girl who will grow up and probably won't be able to remember her mother's face or voice and she will never know how it feels have a mother who is always there for you.  Last night I sat and I thought about Rachel's family and her closest friends and how heavy their heart must be especially knowing who did this, and I thought to myself if this had been one of my closest friends or my family, is my faith strong enough for me to leave it alone, and also have I matured enough from who I once was to let the law take it course? 

In October The Lord called my "big sister" Joi Warren home and that was one of the toughest funerals I've dealt with, she did so much for so many people and was always there it's just hard to believe that she is gone and its harder to believe it was truly her time to go.  Joi was amazing that's the only way to describe her!  When I was going through some things at Purdue she was always there for me whether it was to jus tpick me up and hang out or help me with laundry she was always there.  A week after her funeral I was praying before I went to bed and I was asking God for strength to handle problems I was going through and also to handle the grieving of Joy passing and I swear I heard a voice say to me "Craig it will be ok" and I don't know if I wanted it to but it sounded like Joi and after that I felt better.


As a Christian man I know it's not my place to understand God's plan or the reason he does things the way he does, but I struggle with wondering why.  I just pray for the families of Rachel Wurster especially her beautiful daughter and of course the family of Joi Warren both of these families lost amazing people.

RIH Rachel Wurster and RIH Joi Warren

R&B Slow Jam of the day

Here is a song by one of my favorite artists!!

Musiq - Love

Day 26 - Family Picture

Day 26 is a family picture so I will upload all the pics I have of my family

My Mom, Me, and My Grandmother (Dad's mom).  These 2 are so influential in where I am today, and I love them so much!!

me and my dad

 

 

My 2 little brothers and little sister!

My Beautiful grandmother (Mom's mother) in Tennessee

My Grandfather (Mom's Dad) in Tennessee

I also have 2 other brothers, but I don't have pics with them.  I also have a plethora of Aunts and Uncles who mean the world to me and have been there for me through good and bad times!! I have cousins who I would do anything for and I hope they know that. And of course all my brothers from the SQUAD!!!

And last but most certainly not least the love of my life Adriane!!!

R&B Slow Jam of the Day

It's been a long time, but here we go I'm back!!! and for today I am going to go back with some old school classics!!!

Isley brothers - For the love of you





Dramatics - In the Rain




Chi Lites - Have you seen her



Stylistics - Break up to make up



I dont care what anyone says ALL these songs are classics!!!

Day 25 - Ipod Shuffle

put your iPod on shuffle and post the first 10 songs that come up!!! Here we go!

1. T-Pain - Can't Believe It f/ Lil Wayne
2. Joe - Stutter (Remix f/ Mystikal)
3. Lil Wayne - I'm Me
4. Jodeci - What About Us
5. Jay-Z - Blueprint 2
6. Master P - Time to check my crackhouse
7. Lil Wayne - Walk Out
8. Jagged Edge - Let's Get Married
9. Donnie McClurkin - Great is your Mercy
10. Jay - Z - Brooklyn's Finest

Day 24 - Something you have learned

I am skipping day 23 because it asks about Vacation and you already read about me in MIA.

Day 24 something you have learned.

I can honestly say in the past year there has been a lot of things I have learned. 

This football season I learned a valuable lesson that I can't be as trustworthy in people as I have been in the past.  I went to Portage High School to coach this past season and for whatever reason, the administration there was unable to come through on the jobs that they promised me, and because of this I was kind of stuck with a less than desired job and also stuck in a completely new city with no money.  So after this experience I learned I was a lot stronger than I thought and I also learned that I will no very slow to trust things people tell me.

Another thing I learned this past year was how to be thankful and praise the Lord for everything he has done or is doing despite the situation I am in.  This year I find my self being a lot more appreciative of the things I have and no matter how tough things seemed I was able to just say thank you God and I didn't stress as much as I have in the past.  Don't get me wrong things weren't the worst they have ever been for me, but a lot of times things were far from good.  I am just thankful and blessed I am able to look at the things I do have and I am able to be thankful for those.

Day 22 - Favorite City

This is an easy blog. 

My #2 fav city is...

Miami, Florida!!!! I love this place I had a blast on vacation here!!


And my number 1 favorite city in the world is .....

I don't care what anyone says, I love my city!!! I am born and raised in Indianapolis and I am so proud of it!!! If you don't like Indy then oh well I LOVE IT!!!

R&B Slow Jam

Today's slow jam takes us back to the move Player's Club!!!! 

Pressha - Splackavellie

Hope you enjoy this great song! and since this is the last day of the work week I'll give you a BONUS TRACK!!!!

This is an throw back jam for you!!!!

Tony Toni Tone - It Never Rains In Southern California

Hope you enjoy these like I do!!!

Day 21 - Picture of yourself

This a tough one considering I don't have many of just my self

You all have seen this one, but I still love it! Before every game I like to go to my heavenly father in prater.  I never pray that God makes us win the game, I just pray that he gives me the strength and wisdom to coach the best game I can, that he gives my players the wisdom and the strength to play their best game, and finally that he keeps BOTH teams safe from injuries!

This is the day I bought my new car and despite some early issue me and Chrystal are holding tough!!! I am so blessed that I was able to get this car and also blessed that I now have a car I can drive for longer than 5 minutes without smoking and a car with AC and Heat.

R&B Slow Jam of the Day

Here it is my slow jam of the day!!!

Jesse Powell - You




You know this was the cut!!

R&B Jam of the Day

Here it is for everyone who waited!!!

Avant - Making Good Love



I know this song isn't that old, but I love it so I am sharing it with you!!

Day 19 Something you miss

• Playing football - Football saved my life and it gave my life a very special purpose! Football will always be big in my life
• Greg Pope (Lil Boo) - without him there is no telling where I would be in life Lil' Boo was definitely there to look out for me and I still can't believe he is gone
• Joi Warren - You were like my big sis and everyone you met you touched in a special way, I know you are in heaven with God looking down on us and still smiling your special smile!
• High School - The simple things about it! Hanging at Sam's house, no bills, no responsibilities, hanging out with friends, no job!!! We didn't realize how good we had it.
• College - Hanging on campus and people watching, no apparents with Tiff  and Bam  and the rest of the crew!
• 615 - The best apt in Purdue History our parties used to be the ish
• The Squad - we still close but I miss just being able to go and kick it like we used to!!!!
• Indianapolis - I miss being home so much. and people may say whatever they want about it but I love Indianapolis and I don't care if you don't like it!!! I love my CITY!!!

Day 18 - Regrets

This is a tough topic to cover because I try not to regret things I have done in the past and I really just try and learn from them and become a better person.  I think the biggest thing I regret in life is the way I handled my knee injury in high school.  After I tore my meniscus in March, I opted to wait until after track season (June) to have surgery and when i did have surgery and I rushed my rehab and got cleared to play in 3 weeks because I cheated my tests so I could make it back for football team camp.  This was a bad decision because it ultimately affected my career at Purdue and my knee still bothers me today, so if I had the chance I would have done that a lot different!!

Day 17

Something you are looking forward to!

There are many things I'm looking forward to in life like getting married, becoming a (great) father, and finishing school (again).  

the thing I'll focus on here is becoming a head coach.  If you have been reading my blog then you know my love for coaching and my desire to be a head coach.  I just feel like I'm ready to have my own program and do things the way I want to them! I want to make impacts on these kids lives the same way Kevin Wright did for me!  With that said I plan on applying for my first head coaching jobs this spring, the worst thing they can say is NO is I figure why not!  So hopefully something good can shake out!

R&B Jam of the Day

It's FRIDAY!!!! And to celebrate the weekend and my lack of blogging over the weekend, I have 3 yes that's right 3 for you today!!!

New Edition - If It Isn't Love

And for the record that is NOT Jamie Foxx in the video lol!!

Here is another great song! This isn't that old but I am sure you all will feel this 1 like you did when you first heard it (Middle School 4 me)

Donnell Jones - Where I wanna Be
 



And last but most certainly not least, this song I didn't know the meaning of until later in life but I used to sing it like I knew!!!

Silk - Freak Me



Thought I would end with a something a little more "adult" lol hope you like it!!! Please comment!!

Day 16 - Dream House

Well let's start with my basement/man cave the most important part!

OK I just want a bar, huge leather sectional, and a big TV to watch the Colts,Pacers, Purdue, and Florida State on!!!

 Next the Kitchen!! Adriane I both love the dark wood and granite counter tops so this Kitchen would do just fine!!!

So one day I want a 4-5 bedroom 3 - 3.5 bath house with an office a nice yard and a 2 car garage!

R&B Slow Jam of the Day

I have got another classic!!!!

This is the jam!! This will make you want to throw on a pair of boots, take your shirt off and SANG!!!

Jodeci - Come and Talk to Me!!



**BONUS**

This one is for my older crowd!! My Mom loves this song and because she used to ALWAYS listen to it, I started to like it now I love it.  #CLASSIC!!!

Quincy Jones f/ Al B Sure, James Ingram, El Debarge, Barry White - Secret Garden

Day 15 Bible Verse

Day 15 bible verses, I have quite a few that are dear to me so I will share them with you!

Philippians 4:13 - I can do all things through Christ which strengtheneth me.

I hold this verse very close to my heart because I feel like with God on my side and in my corner I can accomplish so much!  This verse has helped me through the toughest of times whenever I feel like I am unable to do something I just remember this verse and use it for strength.

Psalms 30:5 - For his anger endureth but a moment; in his favour is life: weeping may endure for a night, but joy cometh in the morning.

No matter how tough things seem, no matter how hard life is just remember that Joy comes in the morning!! This verse holds a very special place in my heart since the passing of my good friend/older sister Joi Warren.  No matter how sad I am about her not being with us here on earth, I still have her in my heart and with me forever!

Deuteronomy 28:13 - And the LORD shall make thee the head, and not the tail; and thou shalt be above only, and thou shalt not be beneath; if that thou hearken unto the commandments of the LORD thy God, which I command thee this day, to observe and to do them

This verse is very special everyone at New Fellowship Family Church. Mrs Miles taught us this at a young age.  If i trust in the Lord and follow his word he will make me something very special! I truly believe this because I can see the Lord moving me to be head everyday! 

Isiah 54:17 - No weapon that is formed against thee shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against thee in judgment thou shalt condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their righteousness is of me, saith the LORD.

I love this verse because its the bible's way of dealing with haters!  Anyone who is trying to stop me or is saying bad stuff about me will fail!!! I have the Lord protecting me and there is nothing that they can do stop me! 

These are just a couple of my favorites bible verses that I try to live by!!

R&B Slow Jam of the day!!

I found a GREAT 1 today!!! I never knew this song had a video so thank you youtube for this

Sons of Funk - Pushin' it Inside You

You all remember this song and you all KNOW its the jam!!! 

**Warning this song has led to the conception of KIDS so be careful**

OK on to song #2 this song is only for my people with a little bit of an old soul because it is a classic!!

Isley Bros - Voyage to Atlantis

 This song just grooves!!! So listen and relax and enjoy!!!

Day 14 Pictures you Love

I love this picture because it was the realization of a dream for me and some of my closest friends!  When we came to Warren we got a new coach a man by the name of Kevin Wright (my mentor) and when he came to our middle school to talk about high school football he said his goal is for us to win state.  At this point I thought there was no way we would win state and he must have been confused, but he made us by into it and in his 4th year at Warren and during our senior year we were able to do it.  It may be old but I can say I was a key part in helping my school do something that a lot of other people will never be able to say they could do!

I love this picture because this is me doing something a lot of people never thought I would.  Despite some major issues throughout my life I can confidently say that I am a college graduate and my degree is something NO ONE can ever take from me.  The reason i love this picture is because without these 2 women, my mom on the left and my grandmother on the right, I wouldn't have made it!! I love these 2 and I appreciate all the love and support they gave me over the years!

Last but not least Christmas picture of me and Adriane.  I love this pic because I Love the girl in it! My beautiful girlfriend and my biggest supporter!  She means the world to me and I can't wait until the day I can marry her and be with her forever!

R&B Jam of the Day!

Since I LOVE Old School R&B I think I will share this love with you guys and have my R&B slow Jam of the day!!!

Today since its my first day I'm going to give you 2! 

Lets start with this classic by Brian McKnight - One Last Cry.  This song is deep and also sad!

**WARNING** If you have just gotten out of a relationship male or female this song may make you shed a tear or 2!!

OK Song #2 another classic (I didn't know this song had a video until recently) Shai - And If I Ever!! I Absolutely Love this Song!! We sung it for our senior finales even though we can't sing AT ALL!

So this starts my very own Old School R&B Song of the day!! If you have any suggestions let me know!!

Day 13 Goals

Day 13 Goals

• Grow closer to the Lord
• Become a head football coach
• Become a High School Counselor
• Get Married to Adriane
• Have a family
• Be an AMAZING father
• Get COMPLETELY out of debt (including student loans..)

Day 12 - Beliefs

First off let me say Happy Birthday to me!!!! (well it was yesterday).  But I am so thankful and blessed to see 25 years old.  A friend of mine I grew up with wrote on my FB wall and said 25 is a milestone growing up where we did.  And I thought back over my life and ALLLLLLLLLL the dumb things I have done all the trouble I got into and all the bad situations I have been in and I can truly say It has been nothing but the Grace and Mercy of God that I saw 25 Sunday!!!

Thanks to ALL my friends who wished me a happy birthday it meant the world to me, thanks to everyone who came out with me Thursday in Lafayette and Friday in Indianapolis I had a ball thanks to you guys!  And thank you to my wonderful Girlfriend Adriane for making my birthday weekend Amazing!!!

OK here we go!!

Day 12 - Beliefs!

• I believe that God is my lord and savior and without him I am NOTHING!!
• I believe that Adriane and I will be successful
• I believe that I will be a GREAT head football coach
• I believe that I have an awesome and very supportive family! They are so helpful and so amazing
• I believe that I have the best friends in the world I love all you guys and I'd do anything for you!
• I believe that I can make a difference in a child's life and that's why I want to get into education.
• I believe that everyone in life will change, the key is to change for the better and I KNOW I have changed for the better.
• I believe that you should treat others the way you want to be treated
• I believe that I can do all things through Christ Jesus who gives me strength

I believe a lot of things but I can't think of more right now sooooo here you go! 

Day 11 - Favorite TV Shows

Day 11 - Favorite TV Shows

Day 11 is my favorite TV Shows.  I have a lot most of which don't even come on TV anymore!! I'll just put the ones I watched recently.

• Martin
• Jamie Foxx Show
• In Living Color
• Dave Chappelle Show
• Modern Family
• Law and Order SVU
• Pardon the Interruption 
• Sports Center
• Family Guy
• Simpsons
• How to Catch A Predator: Funniest not funny show on TV
• First 48
• My Wife and Kids
• Gangland
• Locked Up

Well this is all I can think of!! 

Day 10

Day 10 - Something you are afraid of

There aren't many things I am afraid of but I will try to think of a few.

1. Spiders - I am the wrong person to call about killing these, they scare the mess out of me and I think all spiders are out to eat me.
2. Failure - I worry sometimes am I pursuing the wrong things in life or am I doing something different than what God has planned.  I also worry if I become a head coach what if I'm not as successful as I would like to be.
3. Semi Trucks - I was driving next to one on the highway and it cut me off and made my car spin out on I-70E.  So now when I'm next to one I get nervous and SPEED past it
4. Being like my father - my biggest fear in life is to be life him.  I have modeled my life to be nothing like him and to be a much better person but they say the apple doesn't fall far from the tree but hopefully his tree is on a hill so I can roll away.

These are the only ones I can really think of, so hope you enjoyed this nice and short blog!

Day 9 - Pics with friends

FRIENDS!!!!! HOW MANY OF US HAVE THEM?? FRIENDS!!!

Day 9 is a picture of your friends well I have a lot of friends so I will be posting a lot of pics and to the friends I don't have pics with I'm sorry but you know I love yall too!!  I'm so blessed to have people around me that I know are friends and I know I can depend on for anything! I love yall

 I'll start with my best friend the love of my life!!!

 The 4 original Squad Members!!!

Dez, CB, and Me NAPTOWN STAND UP!!!

Cheryl Kay!!! My sister!!! and my big homie B Prince!!

 Jeromy and I! Big Shout to him because he gave me my start in coaching.

Vail and I! Repping HOV!!

My BFF Bam Bam!!!

Me Gretch and Bam

A group pic but there's S Squared in the middle!

Me and Jessie!!

The GILB - A-Boogie, Raf, Me, Brandon, Dez, CB, and Chris

This is an old one I just had to find one with Wheat and Chase!

Me and my lil sis Piper!

Another old one of the Squad!!!

 Me and Tiff!!!

Me and Katelyn at her wedding!!! 











These are just a few of the pics I have and they are in no particular order I just got them from FB and put them on!!!

Day 7 and Day 8

Since I didn't blog over the weekend I am going to combine day 7 and day 8 into 1 blog! It's my blog and I could do that!

Day 7 Favorite Movies:

This is a tough one I may just have to name like my top 20 favorite lol and this will be in no particular order:

1. The Wood
2. Friday
3. The Hangover
4. The Matrix Trilogy
5. The Blade Trilogy
6. Remember the Titans
7. Boyz in The Hood
8. Menace II Society
9. Transformers
10. Troy
11. Gladiator
12. Coming to America
13. Harlem Nights
14. ATL
15. The Program
16. Superbad
17. Don't Be A Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in The Hood
18. Scary Movie
19. 300
20. Bad Boys 1 and 2

Ok those are just some of my favorites, I love movies so this list could have went on FOREVER!!

Day 8 - A place you have traveled to.

Now I haven't been to many far away exotic places, but I've been around the USA from East Coast to West Coast and to down south, but the best place I visited was definitely South Beach in Miami.  We went there for Spring Break 2008 and it was the time of my life.  So here are a few pics of us in Miami living it up!

Day 6 - A picture of something that makes you happy

Day 6 is a picture of something that makes you happy!  This pic is from my 2nd year of coaching and my first year as a DC, this is truly the time I fell in LOVE with coaching!  These guys busted their butts for me and we had a pretty good defense this year!  I can't wait until I get the chance to DC again and I am so thankful for the opportunity in only my 2nd year of coaching to be able to DC at a 5A school and that I was able to be successful in a few of those games (Zionsville!!)

So this is a picture of one of the many things that makes me happy I could have went with my girlfriend, my friends, or family, but since this is a sports thing I went with sports!


"Being the best that you can be is possible only if your desire to be a champion is greater than your fear of failure."

Day 5 - Your Siblings!

First off let me say it's December my favorite month of the year!!!!  My birthday is in 11 days so I need everyone to start their shopping or you can just give me cash, I also accept Paypal payments!!  December is the best month for birthdays no matter what anyone says! We celebrate Jesus birthday in December and I was born lol so we win!!

OK so day 5 of the challenge is about your siblings.  I am my mom's only son but i Have 4 half brothers and 1 half sister. I'll start with the oldest..

Ryan is my oldest brother (30) and my father's first son.  Ryan and I weren't that close growing up but he still looked out for me, we grew up in the same neighborhood and people knew not to mess with me because he was my brother and because he was deep in the streets.  Now I see Ryan every so often and he is just trying to stay out of trouble and make it.

Cory is behind me in age (21) and my dad's third child.  Cory and I weren't close growing up because of the circumstances.  His mom and my mom don't get along, I won't go to deep into details but if you look at his and I age then you can imagine what happened.  Cory and I have gotten a little closer though over the past few years which is good. He has 2 very beautiful daughters and he is trying to finish school and I hope he can get his life on track and leave his "Goon" ways alone

Cordale (12) is my dad's 4th child and my that's my little homie!!  When I was in middle school my mom and I got into it and she mad me stay with my dad a lot.  While staying with him I got real close to Cordale and to this day I am still his favorite person.  When he was a baby he couldn't call me bro so he just called me Bo Bo and that name has stuck to this day. I'm afraid Cordale isn't getting the guidance he needs and he is suffering for it, he doesn't do well in school but I know he is very smart, just no one is pushing him (thats a whole different blog for a different day).  I thought about letting Cordale come stay with me so I can make sure he is doing what he is supposed to, but I can't handle taking care of a teenager right now (I can barely afford to take care of myself).  I do expect great things for him and I hope he expects the same of himself

DeRon (9) is number #5 of the Henderson's. DeRon is quite possibly one of the funniest children I have ever encountered.  He is not like me in the sense he's not into sports (except Wrestling) but he loves Video Games and loves to read.  He is very smart he just needs someone who has a lot of patience to work with him.  I think DeRon will do quite well in life because he likes school and likes to learn and his curls will get him all the girls when he gets older!!

Shelby (7) is the baby and the only girl and it shows.  Shelby is the princess and no one can tell her any different.  She has a very old soul and she makes me laugh often.  She calls my grandmother every night and has grown up convos with her.  She called me one day and I asked what she was doing and she told me "Oh nothing just relaxing, I had a long day."  What 7 year old you know says things like that.

 Here is a pic of me and my 3 younger siblings!

So that's it those are my siblings!!



 

Day 4 - Your Parents

I had to think if I really wanted to post this, but for my faithful readers (all 5 of you guys) I figured the beat must go on.

Day 4 of the blogging challenge is about your parents. Lela Fields and Craig Henderson I were lucky enough to have a wonderful, handsome, and talented son on December 12, 1985.

My Mother Lela is the biggest inspiration in my life! I watched her my whole life sacrifice so much so I could have a good child hood. She worked 2 jobs and sometimes 7 days a week just to make ends meet. She never complained about having to do it all by herself and for that strength she showed I am very grateful. I think God blessed me with the strongest mother a boy could have, she taught me how to be a man without my father really being around much. She kept me in sports because she knew that was my avenue to stay out of trouble and to one day make something of myself. Now that I am grown I'm sad because I know my mom will soon move back home to Tennessee and I won't be bale to see her but a few times a year but above all I want her to be happy and now that she sees I am doing well for myself I think she finally is.

My father is also an inspiration in my life. I've watched my father make every mistake a man could make in a life. My number 1 goal in life is to be NOTHING like my Father! My father and I are kind of close but its more like he is an older friend not really a dad. While I was growing up my father was heavy into drugs, I could share a million stories that would almost make you want to cry, but I will share only one. When I was in 4th grade the neighborhood drug dealer lived down the street from my Grandma and where my dad was staying, and his children always told me how my dad was there spending all his money on drugs (instead of on his 3 kids). This used to hurt me but I shook it off, but one day I was getting ready for school and I couldn't find my new shoes my mom just bought me (Ken Griffey Jr Shoes) come to find out he took them down the street and you guessed it sold them! So needless to say I was pissed and my mom was steaming mad! This is just one of the many instances I could draw on, but let me continue. When I got to high school I had a lot of trouble dealing with him and I wanted nothing to do with him or his new family (his wife is a whole different story). but after I prayed about it I decided I can't take my anger for him out on my little brothers and sister and it does say in the Bible honor thy mother and father.

So those are my parents! Hope u enjoyed reading this!!

Day 3 First Love

OK after the Thanksgiving break I am back and I am ready to get back to the blogging!!

OK so day 3 is about your first love! If you know me you know I have been with my girlfriend Adriane for 5 years and she is the love of my life and I can truly say I'm in love with her! But my first love is something different!!

Without question I can say my first love is the sport of football!! I can say football has done so much for me in my life. Football helped me get my diabetes in control, Football allowed me to go to get a higher education, Football allows me to help children stay out of trouble and go to school now, and without a doubt I can say football saved my life.

When I was younger growing up in my neighborhood I, like many other kids from the hood, saw a lot of the other people from my neighborhood get money and nice cars from "being involved in bad activities" and I wanted to do that 2, but my best friend saw my potential in football and talked me into focusing on school and sports and I did. In high school he was shot and killed over his car and because of him and football I made it to college and graduated!!!

So there is my first love football!! I wish I could still play but being able to coach is still a blessing!!

Day 2 - The Meaning Behind Your Blog Name

So day 2 (really 3 but I wasn't writing anything on thanksgiving) you are supposed to write the meaning of your blog.

Anyone who knows me, knows I love Sports and Music and my favorite artist of all time Jay-Z, and in the beginning of my favorite and his best CD, The Blueprint, he says "It's just my thoughts, right or wrong it's just how I'm feeling at the time" And I couldn't think of a better way to title my blog. When I finish my 30 day challenge you will see I will talk A LOT about sports and with most sports talk it's going to be all my opinions and like Jay said right or wrong it's just how I am feeling at the time!

Speaking of Jay-Z, I got the opportunity to see him in concert twice over the last 2 years and I can't lie it was epic!!

Well that is the meaning of my blog sorry so short (isn't that something girls wrote on notes in middle school?) but its nothing to much to say.

30 day blogging challenge

Ok so I have been reading my friends blog and she is doing something that has me interested and wanting to start blogging again soooooooo here it goes (thanks for the motivation Tiffany)

So here is my 30 day blogging challenge

Day 1: Introduce yourself and tell 15 interesting facts about you!

My name is Craig Donnell Henderson II, I am soon to be 25 years old on Dec 12 (I accept all cash gifts lol), I am a sports fanatic and a man of God (please be patient with me god is not through with me yet) I am a high school football coach (and a damn good 1 I think lol) and I want to one day be a high school counselor because I don't think people now a days care enough about the future of our kids!

OK here are my interesting facts

1. I have been in a relationship with Adriane Willis for 5 years and I love her to death one day very soon I plan to ask for her hand in marriage!!

2. I want to be head coach and a huge high school in Indianapolis, and I want to one day be the greatest coach that Indiana High School Football has ever seen!! And I fully believe I can be because my high school coach was one of the greatest.

3. I do want kids one day but no anytime soon, I don't have the patience yet for all that for right now I will just stick to having Godsons.

4. I am a huge mama's boy and I am so proud of it!! She is the best mother anyone could ever ask for!

5. In middle school/high school I ran with the wrong crowd and got in a lot of trouble but wise words from a friend who later lost his life helped turn me in the right direction.

6. I still one day want to do something in the mass media field, either a sports radio/television show, or I want to host a slow jam R&B Radio Show!

7. I am a die hard Pacers and Colts fan! And I mean true fan, I rooted for the Colts when we had Jeff George and I still root for the Pacers despite all our troubles right now.

8. I'm scared of Spiders! Actually I am terrified of spiders.

9. I'm so tired of being in school!!! I'm just ready to graduate and be done.

10. I DO NOT LIKE SALLIE MAE UUUUGGGHHHHH!!!!!

11. I am a super loyal friend and all my friends can attest to this, but sometimes I think people try and take advantage of this.

12. I bleed gold BOILER UP!

13. I wish I could still play football almost more than anything but my knees are NOT having that at all.

14. I love hanging out with my friends and family they are the most important people to me and I would do anything for them and I know they would do anything for me.

15. I love playing Xbox 360 my gamer tag is Hen Dogg62 come get some!

Athletes are NOT perfect

Ok first before I start I want to say I do not agree with what Tiger Woods or Mike Vick did!!!

With that said everyone get off there athletes backs. Who are we to judge then for what they did. What Tiger did was a terrible thing and for him to violate the beauty of his marriage is awful, but he doesn't owe ANYONE an apology but his wife. I', so tired of hearing press, fellow golfers, and so called friends throwing Tiger under the bus. Truth be told the golf world should be trying to help Tiger as best they can because everyone knows he is the saving grace of the PGA tour. I have even seen the Tiger story on CNN I mean come on you guys dont have anything better to report than the fact Tiger Woods went to a rehab clinic. I feel about this story the same way I feel about steroids in baseball, I DON'T CARE ANYMORE MOVE ON!!! The best thing for Tiger now is to win a few PGA tour tournaments and the world will forget all about this. Take A-Rod for example I bet a lot of people forgot his steroids admittance once he led the yankees to a world series. This shows just how fickle our society is and how much it is a "What have you done for me lately" generation no loyalty what so ever!!

And in the case of Mike Vick I am a huge dog lover and I own a pit bull so I was deeply hurt by what he did. But you know what who am I to condemn the man for his mistakes? This man got 23 months in Jail for funding a dog fighting ring and there are people in this world who get convicted or murdering another human being and they get less than a year in jail??? Makes NO SENSE TO ME AND IT NEVER WILL. Regardless of what he did in the past, I still cheer for Vick to not only turn his life around but to shut up all the people who just bad mouth him!!

I understand because they are in the public light athletes are held to a higher standard and are expected to hold that standard, which I agree with because like it or not they are children's role model, but we have to remember they are human too and will make mistakes. And parents if you are tired of your kids being influenced by the "bad athletes' become a bigger part in their life so they will look up to you!! Because even though I played football my whole life and know the sport like the back of my hand my mother has been and always will be my biggest role model!! So when they do it angers me to hear people say oh well "Mike Vick shouldn't be allowed to play in the NFL anymore" those people sound just stupid to me and hey if you don't agree with me just read my blogs tag line "Just my thoughts, right or wrong, just how I am feeling at the time." Jay-Z

Fairweather fans

Super Bowl 44 didn’t end like I wanted it to and my Colts dropped a tough one against a very good saints team. Now I could get into what went wrong and what could have been better, but what really has me upset is the fair-weather fanness going on right now.

I HATE FAIRWEATHER FANS, I repeat I HATE FAIRWEATHER FANS!!!!
The people who just hate the Colts now all of a sudden they are screaming who dat, ummm Im pretty sure you couldn’t name 5 players on the Saints team, you are just mad that we either A. Beat your team B. are better than your team C. Made it further than your team or D. All the above. Now if you are just rooting against the Colts that’s fine, but don’t all of a sudden act like you love the Saints umm no you are a Chargers fan not a Saints, Baltimore, and Jets fan.

I also hate the people who are acting like the Colts are the worst team ever because we lost one game, like 2 weeks ago when we beat the Jets you were all “I bleed blue and go colts” now you are talking about you are done with Colts? I mean come on, The Saints flat out beat us that does not mean the Colts are a bad team and even if we were a bad team have some loyalty. I was a fan back when if we won 8 games that was a great season!!!!

Here is my advice for ALL fair-weather fans KILL YOUR SELF!!! Go find the nearest bridge, tall building, cliff, canyon, Ocean with Sharks, Lake with piranhas, or a river with crocodiles and JUMP!!! Sports fans need to have some loyalty, like those TRUE saints fans who marched after every win, back in the days when they only won 4 games that’s the kind of sports loyalty I love!!!!! I still love my Colts and I still love my Pacers (Lord knows we are going through some things right now though)!! I will always bleed Colts Blue, Pacers Gold, and Purdue and WC old gold!!

Why are pro athletes so stupid?

So, today the NBA levied full season suspensions for Gilbert Arenas and Javaris Crittenton (although Arenas may be spending some time in jail) and this made me wonder why are professional athletes so stupid?

I just don’t understand for the life of me how they can just throw millions of dollars down the drain. Take Adam “Pacman” Jones, he was one the best returners in the NFL and a very good corner, but he couldn’t stay out of strip clubs. Like if it’s that deep Pacman hire strippers to come to your house that way no one can “Hate” on you in the club.

I mean I know these athletes are only human, but they are held to a higher standard because they are in the public eye and make a whole lot of money.
I will never understand the desire to carry guns, drive drunk, fight dogs, fight in strip clubs, and the other dumb stuff they do. I mean when you are that rich and famous you are bound to have a few people who don’t like you and will try you when you’re out at the club. Knowing this…why are you on the dance floor with everyone like an idiot
Ok I’m done ranting, but pro athletes please do better.

NBA All -Star Voting Is a Joke

Ok So, I thought the distinction of having all-star in front your name was something big, but apparently (according to so called experts) being an NBA All-Star doesn't matter.

So they are ok with the fact the Allen Iverson, averaging a career low 14.6 points a game, is a starter for Eastern All-Star team, also the fact that Tracy McGrady a guy who has played like a total of 40 minutes this whole season was leading Steve Nash (who is having a career year) in all star votes.

I know everyone says this is just an exhibition game and the fans should control who they want to see blah blah blah....but when the day comes for Allen Iverson to be inducted in the hall of fame i guarantee one of the things they say is "he was a 10 and now 11 time all star."

They can say it is just a meaningless game but it really isnt, it used to be a thing of honor to play on the NBA all star team, but now all it has become is a popularity contest.

So you're probably wondering "OK Craig you have complained alot, what is your solution." well I think they need to reduce the fans vote to 1/3 vote. This way they still have a voice but we can prevent Allen Iverson and almost Tracy McGrady starting over deserving players who really are NBA All Stars.